Introduction To Business Enterprise COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Code:	BUS 105
Instructor:	Richard Vogel E-mail: richardvogel@forrestcollege.edu Phone: (864) 225-7653
Course Schedule:	This course meets in room 103 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays from July 1 to September 11, 2008
Credit Hours:	4.5 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements
Text:	Business Essentials, sixth edition, Ebert, Griffin. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007
Course Description:	Introduces business principles as they apply to business conducted in the United States. Students explore motivation, leadership, human resources, labor relations, and improving production and quality. A group presentation will be made on the subject: A Business and Marketing plan for a tangible product of your choice.
Course Objectives:	Upon completion of this course, the student will be familiar with the following objectives: · Business ethics · Managing · Organizing · employee motivation, leadership · Managing human resources and labor relations. We will also study and conduct various marketing procedures that will produce positive consumer behaviors. We will develop a business and marketing plan.
Prerequisite:	None
Instruction Method:	Lectures, LIRN research assignment, Class discussion, Homework, Personal reflection, and Exams.
Grading:	Basis for determination of the final grade: Attendance/Class Participation ...................................................................... 10% Cumulative Test 1 .......................................................................................... 15% Cumulative Test 2 .......................................................................................... 15% Cumulative Test 3 .......................................................................................... 15% Cumulative Test 4 .......................................................................................... 15% Group Project Participation (assigned by group members) .......................... 10% Group Project Performance (assigned by instructor) ................................... 20% Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60
Attendance:	Regular attendance is required. If you must miss a class, get in touch with the instructor one (1) hour before the class meeting, via e-mail. Otherwise, this will be counted as an unexcused absence. It will be your responsibility to complete missed class assignments. You always miss something important when you cannot attend a class. · If you attend the entire class meeting, you receive one (1) point. · If you have an excused absence, you receive ½ of a point. · If you have an unexcused absence, no attendance credit (0) will be given.
Make-up work:	Make-up tests are at the discretion of the Instructor. If a cumulative test is missed, it must be completed within seven (7) days of original test. Final exam must be completed within 24 hours of original exam. Otherwise, a zero (0) will be recorded for the grade.
Academic Dishonesty	Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension /expulsion from the college.
Resources	The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).
Changes	In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.